posted on Oct, 22 2013 @ 10:38 AM
Have had two kids. One with a spinal at the last second, but had much pain up to that point. Second was natural. While painful, it is pain with
purpose, pain with joy, and pain that you can breathe through. Fear makes childbirth more painful. My second, drugfree birth, was awesome and
empowering.
I had my first and hopefully only kidney stone this year. Vomiting continuously, in horrific pain. Large enough to pass, but still a large one. Went
to emergency room. Sat there waiting in agony for hours upon hours before being taken into a room and hooked up to some pain relief. Cried in public
in such pain. Couldn't sit, stand. No place to lay down in the waiting room. Was horrible, just horrible.
I have had some back pain, that is horrible too. Tooth pain once and some kind of horrific nerve pain in my jaw as well that was so painful and
nothing took the edge off that.
But, up until my kidney stone, I'd say my gallbladder was the worst pain. That lasted two weeks before they decided to operate -- I just lay on the
couch, couldn't work, couldn't drive or take care of my kids, praying for the time when I could take the next painkiller which would only take the
edge off, but left me still in so much pain. I couldn't walk standing straight, was bent over. I thought I was going to die - and I couldn't get the
dr to believe me, as the ultrasound showed only one large stone that "couldn't possibly be giving you so much pain." Then when they opened me up,
the surgeon apologized to me afterwards, saying it was a freaking mess in there and I was right. Ha! As if I didn't know.
Emotional pain - death of the love of my life in an accident. Just about killed me. Loss of a child to mental illness. Even worse.
But still, I think the pain I've experienced in life is nothing compared to what others here and in the world have experienced or are going through.
Things I can't even imagine. Cancer, severe injuries, heart attacks, loss of loved ones in horrific ways, missing kids, losing someone by murder,
war, starvation. My pain in life is nothing in light of others' pain.